MISCELLANEOUS CABLES

Press, Volume L, Issue 14901, 14 February 1914, Page 12

MISCELLANEOUS CABLES

*The South African' - Press is urging -the appointment of Prince.: Arthur, of Connaught as GovernoMieneral.

The King knighted Sir Timothy Coghlan, Agent-General for New South Wales, and other New Year knights.

Eleven deaths have heeu reported from plague in Ceylon. Numbers of infected rats have been captured.

A tradesman at Rotherhithe, London, was fined £25 for selling margarine as butter. It was his third oonviction for this offence.

Brigadier-General Bridges, at present commanding the Military College at Duntroon/. succeeds Major-General Kirkpatrick as Inspector-General of the Commonwealth forces-in May.

A London message says ' that the Cabinet- reconsidered tho question, but decided to adhere to its decision not to participate in the San Francisco Exhibition.

The Pacific Cablo Board has surrendered fourj>ence per word on ordinary cables to New Zealand, reducing the tariff to the public to 2s Bd. This will come into force in a few weeks.

At a conference of the Temperance Luague in London, a statement was made that the Churches' attitude of moderation was partly responsible for the continuance of social drinking.

Tho Chinese "Tatao" is. becoming popular and. supplanting thte tango in Paris. The new dance does not allow uhseemlv embraces. It is simple, confive beautiful steps. WirefeSs -Press messages between Germany and the United States conveyed congratulations extended .from the American Press to the Berlin newsoaners.and between the American Ambassador'and the German Emperor. , r - rj'r'C Lance, president of the Sydney Trust, speaking at a Sic alluded to the great increase of •SSSn* -»nd said that the CommisSoK proposed to wharfage at a cost of £b,QW,<M>'